CASE #01 : Dulany Theatre

For Your Consideration...

This picture comes from Dulany Theatre. The place is pretty old, and naturally generates a lot of dust, which made many appearances in our photos over the course of the investigation. This one, however, is different. Dust is generally solid in the center with a sort of opaque, grayish look and transparent rings around the perimeter. It happens when light refracts through particles in the air. The most prominent orb in this photo, however, seems to be lit from within and has a bit of a trail behind it, suggesting that it's moving rapidly. This also leads me to believe it isn't dust.

I'm not one to count on orbs as signs of paranormal activity, unless coroborating evidence can be found. This night, I was lucky enough to capture an anomaly on an EVP right before taking this picture. The recording didn't contain any weird noises or voices. What happened is this - I asked, "If there is someone here, do you know that you're dead?" Upon playback, we found the word 'dead' to be completely omitted from the recording. I cross-referenced video taken within the room whilst we were there, and I clearly said dead, and it didn't clip out on the tape. I should also add that 'dead' was the last word of that question, and, after allowing time for someone to answer, the next question came in just fine. This was the only time this occurence happened that night. Kinda freaky, no?

To play devil's advocate, I know that sometimes particles in the air can become supercharged and give the appearance of a true 'paranormal' orb, and to be fair, that room is only several feet away from the campus radio tower, which puts off a pretty high EMF (electromagnetic field). These things could account for both the orb and the clipped recording. The energy output from the tower could have sent a mini surge into my recording device, causing DC Offset and the clipped word, however, as I stated before, this was the only time it happened, and we did several more recordings as the night went on with absolutely no problems. I also find it interesting that it decided to clip out the word 'dead' and nothing else (we also checked for any possible source of light contamination and reflection).

Perhaps I'm reading too much into this. Perhaps there's nothing there at all. At the least, the PROOFteam will continue to check this place out and gather more evidence to either support or debunk the stories of supposed activity. Look for some of those stories, coming soon!